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Salary Survey2018

Attract and Retain Top Tech Talent

Released December 2017

Our Clients at Decide Consulting are always requesting current salary

information for different technology skill sets. We have put together this

salary survey to satisfy that need.

the is the average of salaries in

the bottom 15% of salaries.

the is the average of salaries

in the top 15% of the salaries.

the is the average of salaries

in the 16%-85% of the salary bell curve.

Decide Consulting has conducted a survey with our vendors and

combined the results with data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to produce this data.

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High

Medium

We have used data in over

About This Survey

70 different job titles.

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How to use this guideFor IT Workers, you must understand where

your technological skills currently are and

where your future interests may be. Then

ask yourself “Does my current company

value these skills? Do they offer training

for where I want to go? Does this company

offer an environment to get there?”

This guide may help you answer these

questions.

For IT employers, you must understand the

value of the technology. How important is

this technology to the company revenue?

Can better use of the technology increase

revenues? There are many companies that

answer “yes” to both. They use guides like

this one to make sure they attract and

keep the top talent.

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Increased Demand

Software

Development and

related technology

jobs can double by

2027

Each year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the number software, and many other,

jobs for the next few years. Their forward-looking predictions are typically under the actual

jobs when we look at the actual data. Granted it is very difficult to predict any industry. It is

even more difficult in technology. When smart phones firsts came out, not even the smart

phone manufacturers could predict the number of applications developed for them. Think

about all the technologies that are still far away from their tipping points – Blockchain, IoT,

Machine Learning, Deep Learning, mobilizing web based software.

“Source: US Department of Labor / Bureau of Labor Statistics”

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Year 2000

software development

and related jobs

In the

there were

697,000

In 2017there were over

1,700,000software development

and related jobs

What is going to make

Software Developer

Jobs Grow?Here are several factors that may cause the number of

software developer jobs to double in ten years:

Manufacturing devices and sensors with embedded code. Think the Internet-of-Things

for a smart manufacturing line.

Legacy web-based software is just now becoming available en-masse as

mobile applications.

Home assistants are in version 1.0. Echo, Google Home and Jibo are very early in

their life cycle. Think about what the first iPhone had available for it. Wait until the

software developers start building apps for the home assistants.

Big Data is still in its infancy. Companies are early in their adoption of Big Data and MBA

programs are just now beginning to offer degrees in data analytics.

For every device included in the IoT, there is code running behind the scenes.

Everything previously mentioned has to have security encoded. The people who specialize in writing software for

business functionality are not the same ones who write software for security needs.

The BLS does their forecast based on past data. Many of the jobs created in the next 10 years will be based on

hardware and technology devices currently in its infancy or does not exist yet. For example, we have not found

data about Blockchain jobs from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In the next ten years, we can easily have 3.4M software developers with another 5M other IT jobs surrounding

them. 2018 will see big jumps in software and related IT jobs.

It is a very good time to be a Software Developer.

Hardwareandtechnology

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Attract and Retain

Top Tech Talent

Create a TribeMake people want to be part of something. If people buy into your company at an

emotional level, you will have potential employees lining up at the door. If people

feel like they make a difference and can do interesting work, you will have a waiting

list of employee referrals wanting to work there.

Have a technology vision for the company. State how the current technology

platform fits and what it’s lifespan is. Look into new technology and have your good

tech people participate in that.

Sick days are a thing of the past. All a sick day ever

did was force the employee to eventually lie to the

employer. That’s not good for anyone. You are either

at work or not - does it really matter why? Get rid of

the rigid HR rules and embrace packages that allow

flexibility in your employees lives.

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You Must Have PTO

Be flexibleIf there is not some flexibility in your company’s HR package, your

competitor will have some in theirs. Companies with the more flexible and

employee-centric packages will attract the top talent.

At Decide Consulting, our key employees do not track their time off.

They are judged by their ultimate performance. If they are selling,

recruiting or making clients happy, all while helping make the company

profitable, we do not care how many Fridays you take off.

“The competition to hire the best will increase in the years ahead.

Companies that give extra flexibility to their employees will have

the edge in this area.”

Regardless of what your company is doing, if you

are not communicating to the top talent you have,

someone else will. Find out what their goals are, what

they want to do. Perhaps even modify some of your

company or department goals or priorities when

you can find overlap.

Bill Gates, Former CEO of Microsoft

Talk it out

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Quality tech talentwill not around at the end of a longinterview process.Theytookanother offer.

While companies need to

accurately evaluate technical skills

and emulate work, they cannot

take forever to do so. There is too

much demand for good tech talent.

Having an interview process that

takes longer than 15 calendar days

from resume review to offer-made,

means you will have offers declined

because the candidates took

something else. The companies

that react quickly to identify and

retain quality tech talent, will be the

winners in the battle for tech

skills.

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You need to HireQuickly

Freelance Talenton the Rise.

Research from The Plato Group reveals that

33% of Americans, about 42 million, are

freelancing. Experts’ forecasts predict that

freelancers will make up nearly 50% of the

full-time workforce by the end of 2027.

Hiring IT freelancers has become a norm

because it offers some distinct and unique

benefits.

In 2027experts’ forecasts predict that

freelancers will make up nearly 50% of the

full-time workforce by the end of 2027.

The growth of the freelance workforce is three times faster than

the traditional workforceStephane Kasriel, CEO of Upwork

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50%50%freelancers full-time workforce

These are a couple of situations when you arebetter off hiring an IT freelancer instead of a

permanent employee:

Overhead Reduction Full Time employees real cost can often be 1.5x their salary. When you factor in PTO, training,

career planning and the potential unemployment cost, FTEs can get expensive. Freelancers

you pay to do something very specific and nothing else.

Specialty SkillsIf you need to use a new skill set (e.g. developing a mobile application when you have

previously only been web-based), use freelance talent to help you architect quickly based on

their past projects and not have your own team start at ground zero.

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33%of Americans about 42 million, arefreelancing

In 2017,

Expect these sectors to lead IT

hiring activity in the year ahead:

Healthcare

Oil & Gas

Healthcare has been lagging behind in IT

for years. Walmart has better predictors

about when you will buy a lawnmower

than Healthcare has about when people

get cancer. Big Data analysis is beginning

to creep into Healthcare. EMR / EHR

companies will continue to mobilize their

products.

After several years of lackluster oil prices,

Oil & Gas will begin to stabilize and see

renewed IT investment. Many IT initiatives

that have been shelved since 2014, will see

the light and be updated in 2018.

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HOT INDUSTRIESFOR TECH IN 2018

FinancialServices

Manufacturing

Big data and information security

concerns are creating need for technology

professionals in this vertical. Security

Developers who understand oWASP

principles are in big demand.

No sector can benefit from the IoT more

than manufacturing. Manufacturing jobs

may have gone down, but manufacturing

output has increased and will continue to do

so. Plants that used to employ 500 people

now create more output with 50 people.

Behind the efficiency are robotics, software

and IoT enabled sensors.

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NationWide

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Low Medium High

ADMINISTRATIONChief Information Officer (CIO) $171,000 $203,000 $287,500

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) $146,000 $176,000 $249,000

Chief Security Officer $144,500 $171,250 $242,250

Vice President - IT $136,750 $162,750 $230,750

Director of Technology $118,250 $140,500 $199,250

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTManager $105,750 $125,500 $177,500

Project Manager / SCRUM Master $93,750 $111,000 $157,000

Systems Analyst $78,000 $92,250 $130,250

Full Stack Developer $111,250 $132,250 $187,250

Applications Architect $110,750 $131,750 $186,750

Business Systems Analyst $77,000 $91,500 $130,000

Cloud Computing Analyst $75,750 $93,750 $157,500

Mid-Tier ERP Business Analyst $81,000 $96,000 $135,750

Mid-Tier ERP Developer $90,500 $107,250 $151,500

Developer/Programmer Analyst $86,500 $102,750 $145,750

ERP Business Analyst $84,000 $99,500 $140,750

ERP Technical/Functional Analyst $91,000 $108,000 $153,000

ERP Technical Developer $95,500 $113,250 $160,000

Lead Applications Developer $102,750 $122,000 $173,000

Mobile Applications Developer $119,000 $141,250 $200,000

We have used data in over

70 different job titlesand have created these national averages.

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Low Medium High

CONSULTING & SYSTEMS INTEGRATIONDirector $117,500 $139,500 $197,500

Project Manager/Senior Consultant $97,000 $115,000 $163,000

Staff Consultant $61,500 $76,250 $128,000

Senior IT Auditor $106,750 $126,750 $179,750

IT Auditor $91,750 $109,250 $155,000

DATA/DATABASE ADMINISTRATIONBig Data Engineer $127,250 $151,000 $213,500

NOSQL Developer $108,250 $128,250 $181,250

Database Developer $98,250 $116,500 $165,000

Database Administrator $76,750 $96,000 $157,000

Data Analyst/Report Writer $80,000 $95,000 $135,000

Data Architect $109,750 $129,750 $183,750

Data Scientist $100,500 $119,500 $168,500

Data Warehouse Analyst $76,250 $94,500 $159,000

Business Intelligence Analyst $85,000 $105,250 $177,000

Data Reporting Analyst $58,250 $73,250 $108,250

QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA) & TESTINGQA Engineer $57,750 $68,750 $97,500

QA Architect $68,500 $81,500 $115,500

QA/Testing Manager $80,500 $95,500 $135,250

QA Engineer - – Automated Tools $62,500 $74,000 $104,500

WEB DEVELOPMENTSenior Web Developer $99,750 $118,250 $167,000

Web Developer $83,000 $98,500 $139,500

Graphic Designer $63,250 $73,500 $117,750

Front-End Web Developer $63,500 $73,750 $123,500

CMS Administrator / Developer $68,500 $81,250 $114,750

Web Designer $72,250 $85,750 $121,750

E-Commerce Developer $83,250 $98,500 $139,000

INFRASTRUCTURENetwork Architect $114,000 $135,250 $191,250

Network Manager $94,000 $111,500 $157,750

Network Engineer $91,000 $108,000 $152,750

Wireless Network Engineer $101,250 $120,250 $170,000

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Low Medium High

SECURITYData Security Analyst $103,250 $122,250 $172,750

Systems Security Administrator $93,250 $110,500 $156,500

CISSP $93,000 $110,250 $156,000

Network Security Engineer $98,250 $116,250 $164,250

Information Systems Security Manager $115,000 $136,750 $194,000

TECHNICAL SUPPORTManager $81,750 $97,000 $137,000

Desktop Support Analyst $51,750 $61,250 $86,250

Systems Engineer $84,500 $100,500 $142,750

Help Desk Tier 3 $49,000 $58,000 $82,000

Help Desk Tier 2 $39,000 $46,000 $64,750

Help Desk Tier 1 $33,250 $39,250 $55,250

PC Technician $33,250 $39,250 $55,250

Hardware Analyst $60,250 $71,500 $101,500

Cable/Wriing Technician $32,750 $41,000 $55,000

We have used data in over

70 different job titles.Since we are based in Texas, we have included a Texas-based adjustment for the data

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Low Medium High

ADMINISTRATIONChief Information Officer (CIO) $182,970 $217,210 $307,625

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) $156,220 $188,320 $266,430

Chief Security Officer $154,615 $183,238 $259,208

Vice President - IT $146,323 $174,143 $246,903

Director of Technology $126,528 $150,335 $213,198

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTManager $113,153 $134,285 $189,925

Project Manager / SCRUM Master $100,313 $118,770 $167,990

Systems Analyst $83,460 $98,708 $139,368

Full Stack Developer $119,038 $141,508 $200,358

Applications Architect $118,503 $140,973 $199,823

Business Systems Analyst $82,390 $97,905 $139,100

Cloud Computing Analyst $81,053 $100,313 $168,525

Mid-Tier ERP Business Analyst $86,670 $102,720 $145,253

Mid-Tier ERP Developer $96,835 $114,758 $162,105

Developer/Programmer Analyst $92,555 $109,943 $155,953

ERP Business Analyst $89,880 $106,465 $150,603

ERP Technical/Functional Analyst $97,370 $115,560 $163,710

ERP Technical Developer $102,185 $121,178 $171,200

Lead Applications Developer $109,943 $130,540 $185,110

Mobile Applications Developer $127,330 $151,138 $214,000

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Low Medium High

CONSULTING & SYSTEMS INTEGRATIONDirector $125,725 $149,265 $211,325

Project Manager/Senior Consultant $103,790 $123,050 $174,410

Staff Consultant $65,805 $81,588 $136,960

Senior IT Auditor $114,223 $135,623 $192,333

IT Auditor $98,173 $116,898 $165,850

DATA/DATABASE ADMINISTRATIONBig Data Engineer $136,158 $161,570 $228,445

NOSQL Developer $115,828 $137,228 $193,938

Database Developer $105,128 $124,655 $176,550

Database Administrator $82,123 $102,720 $167,990

Data Analyst/Report Writer $85,600 $101,650 $144,450

Data Architect $117,433 $138,833 $196,613

Data Scientist $107,535 $127,865 $180,295

Data Warehouse Analyst $81,588 $101,115 $170,130

Business Intelligence Analyst $90,950 $112,618 $189,390

Data Reporting Analyst $62,328 $78,378 $115,828

QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA) & TESTINGQA Engineer $61,793 $73,563 $104,325

QA Architect $73,295 $87,205 $123,585

QA/Testing Manager $86,135 $102,185 $144,718

QA Engineer - – Automated Tools $66,875 $79,180 $111,815

WEB DEVELOPMENTSenior Web Developer $106,733 $126,528 $178,690

Web Developer $88,810 $105,395 $149,265

Graphic Designer $67,678 $78,645 $125,993

Front-End Web Developer $67,945 $78,913 $132,145

CMS Administrator / Developer $73,295 $86,938 $122,783

Web Designer $77,308 $91,753 $130,273

E-Commerce Developer $89,078 $105,395 $148,730

INFRASTRUCTURENetwork Architect $121,980 $144,718 $204,638

Network Manager $100,580 $119,305 $168,793

Network Engineer $97,370 $115,560 $163,443

Wireless Network Engineer $108,338 $128,668 $181,900

Network Administrator $78,110 $92,823 $131,610

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Low Medium High

SECURITYData Security Analyst $110,478 $130,808 $184,843

Systems Security Administrator $99,778 $118,235 $167,455

CISSP $99,510 $117,968 $166,920

Network Security Engineer $105,128 $124,388 $175,748

Information Systems Security Manager $123,050 $146,323 $207,580

TECHNICAL SUPPORTManager $81,750 $97,000 $137,000

Desktop Support Analyst $51,750 $61,250 $86,250

Systems Engineer $84,500 $100,500 $142,750

Help Desk Tier 3 $49,000 $58,000 $82,000

Help Desk Tier 2 $39,000 $46,000 $64,750

Help Desk Tier 1 $33,250 $39,250 $55,250

PC Technician $33,250 $39,250 $55,250

Hardware Analyst $60,250 $71,500 $101,500

Cable/Wriing Technician $32,750 $41,000 $55,000

Product Support Specialist $46,750 $55,500 $78,750

HOT SKILLS

IN 2018SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

SECURITY AND

INFRASTUCTURE

• .NET / C#

• Agile and Scrum certifications

• Javascript Libraries and Frameworks – Angular, React, Bootstrap

• Full Stack Developers

• Java

• Microsoft SQL Server

• oWASP Development

• PHP / LAMP

• Content Management Systems (CMS)

• Front End Developers

• Java EE/J2EE

• CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)

• CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)

• CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional)

• CompTIA A+

• VMware

• Firewall Administration

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PROJECTS AND

INTEGRATION

BIG DATA AND

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI)

QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA)

& TESTING

• PMP (Project Management Professional)

• DevOps engineers

• Agile / SCRUM

• Data scientists

• Database developers

• Data Architects

• Anyone with a Masters in Data Science

• Performance testing

•Testing architects

•Testing engineers with scripting

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Houston, TX 77079

Web: www.DecideConsulting.com

Phone: 281.596.0123